Cigarettes: Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke
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Cigarettes chronicles the controversies of a 350-billion-dollar industry, telling the fast-paced business story of cigarettes—from seed to smoke—that surprises as it entertains. In a book Publishers Weekly calls "an absorbing and informative history of cigarettes," Parker-Pope provides "up-to-date coverage of the recent tobacco industry litigation [that] is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating." The author, who follows the tobacco industry for the Wall Street Journal, offers a unique spin on a much-covered topic, examining the commercial aspect of an industry that became the biggest business success story of the twentieth century.Author Biography: Tara Parker-Pope, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 1993, lives in New York City. New York Times Book Review [A] useful guide to the world's most lethal legal industry.
PrefaceviiList of FiguresxiiiList of Illustrationsxv1.Lighting Up: A Brief History of the CigaretteA Smoky New World1Sparking an Industry6Cigarette Culture112.Money to Burn: The Business of CigarettesThe Cigarette Economy21Merchants of Pleasure26A National Treasure39Foreign Currency423.Seed to Smoke: Cultivation, Packaging, and DistributionCash Crop51Crop to Carton61What Have You Been Smoking?664.Selling Smoke: Marketing and AdvertisingCreative Fires73Marlboro Is for Girls88Smoke Screens92Tomorrow's Smokers995.Dying to Smoke: Public HealthHazardous to Your Health109The "Safe" Cigarette124The Last Cigarette1326.Snuffing It Out: The Future of an IndustryTobacco Foes140Blowing the Whistle149When the Smoke Clears162Notes on Sources169Selected Bibliography171Notes173Index187
